Jacob Lewis of Eastern North Carolina

Marty and Karla Grant

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Jacob Lewis of Eastern NC and SC - Differentiation

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Note: This page is a work in progress.

There were several men named Jacob Lewis in eastern NC in the 1700s, namely in Chowan, Bertie, Craven (now Pamlico), Dobbs (now Greene), New Hanover, Onslow and Robeson Counties. Some of those may be the same man across multiple counties, for example, the Chowan and Bertie Jacobs are definitely the same person.

My ancestor is named Jacob Lewis (bef 1729-c1796) (died Robeson Co., NC). I’ve found records of him in Dobbs Co., NC and Robeson Co., NC as well as SC. In order to determine where he was before Dobbs and who his parents were I’ve found it necessary to research all of the other Jacob Lewises in order to figure out more about mine. This page is my attempt to distinguish them and provide a “Table of Contents” for them. Each has (or will have) their own page with documentation.

In several cases we have their original signatures or signature marks on old documents, so I thought that would be a sure-fire way to distinguish them from one county to another. However, almost all of them used a nearly identical mark, so that didn’t help as well as I’d hoped!

1. Jacob Lewis (c1682-1744) and Mary Keele of NC (Chowan, Bertie, Onslow)

2. Jacob Lewis (bef 1729-c1796) of NC (Bertie, Dobbs, Glasgow, Greene, Robeson) and SC (Georgetown, Horry, Marion) - my ancestor, likely a son of Isaac Lewis & Margaret Hooker.

3. Jacob Lewis (1720/34-aft 1755) son of Anthony Lewis Sr of NC (Onslow). May be same Jacob later in New Hanover Co., NC.

4. Jacob Lewis (bef 1734-c1790/93) of NC (Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico)

5. Jacob Lewis (bef 1740-aft 1780) and Penelope Walston of NC (New Hanover)

6. Jacob Lewis (bef 1753-aft 1769) of NC (Dobbs), maybe son of Jacob (bef 1729-c1796)

7. Jacob Lewis (bef 1766-1796) m Sabra Squires in 1786 in Craven (now Pamlico) Co.,NC. Son of older Jacob (bef 1734-1793) of same place.

8. Jacob Lewis (abt 1767-1795) son of Jacob & Penelope of NC (New Hanover)

South Carolina and Georgia

9. Jacob Lewis, Surveyor, in Liberty Co., GA in 1771. Is he from NC perhaps? Deed to him from Thomas Quaterman, witnessed by Jonathan Scarth, Judah Lewis and Joseph Lewis. Same Jacob Lewis (I think), Joseph Lewis witnessed 1771 deed from Thomas Stevens to Abraham Lewis. Same Jacob granted 100 acres joining Evan Lewis in 1771. Benjamin Lewis granted land in 1772 next to Jacob and Evan. This same Jacob was granted land in Burke Co., GA in 1786 joining his own land and vacant land. Same Jacob granted more in 1788 joining Jowel (Joel) Lewis. On 25 Apr 1784, Thomas Lewis Senr and Jacob Lewis made an oath that they were the only surviving brothers of Joel Lewis decd and Doctor Evan Lewis decd. (Burke Co., GA). 1784 Burke court before David Emanuel, Benj. Lewis, Thos Lewis Junr, John Clements, & Jacob Lewis, Esquires ... In 1787 Thomas Lewis, Esq, surveyor for Burke ordered land laid out for Mary Lewis, joining John Lewis, Jacob Lewis and Joseph Attaway. [This may be the Jacob Lewis in the Lewis DNA project Haplogroup R1b, Group 07.]

10. Jacob Lewis and Jacob Lewis Sr listed on 1806 Wilkes Co., GA tax list (George Lewis listed too).

11. 1788 Laurens Co., SC, Jacob Lewis attorney for his father John Lewis heir at law of Benjamin Lewis decd (John is son of Benjamin as later said in deed) ... In 1789, Jacob Lewis of Georgia sold land in Laurens Co., SC.

12. Jacob Lewis granted land on Rice Creek waters of 25 Mile Creek in Camden Dist, SC.

Revised: May 6, 2026

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